GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |